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{{Infobox language<br />
|name=Attapady Kurumba<br />
|nativename={{lang|pkr|അട്ടപ്പാടി കുറുംബ}}<br />
|states=[[India]]<br />
|ethnicity=<br />
|speakers={{sigfig|1370|2}}<br />
|date=1991 census<br />
|ref=e18<br />
|familycolor=Dravidian<br />
| fam2 = Southern<br />
| fam3 = [[South Dravidian languages|Southern I]]<br />
| fam4 = Tamil–[[Kannada dialects|Kannada]]<br />
| fam5 = Tamil–[[Kota language (India)|Kota]]<br />
| fam6 = Tamil–[[Toda language|Toda]]<br />
| fam7 = Tamil–Irula<br />
| fam8 = Irula–Muduga<br />
| fam9 = [[Muduga language|Muduga]]–Palu<br />
|script= [[Malayalam script]]<br />
|iso3=pkr<br />
|glotto=atta1243<br />
|glottorefname=Attapady Kurumba<br />
}}<br />
'''Attapady Kurumba''' ({{ipa|pkr|ɐʈːɐpːaːɖi kurum(b)ɐ|ipa}}), also called '''Pal Kurumba''' or '''Palu Kurumba''', is an unclassified [[Southern Dravidian languages|Southern Dravidian language]] spoken by a [[Scheduled tribe]] of [[India]]. It shows only approximately 50% [[lexical similarity]] with the other South Dravidian languages named [[Kurumba language|Kurumba]], but up to 82% with [[Muduga language|Muduga]] and 52% with Kannada Kurumba; Attapady Kurumba, [[Muduga language|Muduga]], and [[Irula language|Irula]] each use their mother tongue when speaking to each other. Thudukki variety of Attapady Kurumba is reportedly most pure.<ref name="e18" /><br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite book |title=Descriptive Grammar of Muduga and Kurumba |first1=S. K. |last1=Shyam |first2=P.N. |last2=Ravindran |first3=C.G. |last3=Syama |location=Calicut |publisher=KIRTADS (Kerala Institute for Research Training & Development studies) |date=2017 |pages=107–308 (Kurumba language) |url=https://repository.tribal.gov.in/handle/123456789/74679?viewItem=search&cat_handle=123456789/73706}}<br />
* {{cite book |title=Pālu-Kuṟumba: Grammatik, Textproben und Wörterbuch |volume=30 |series=Beiträge zur Kenntnis südasiatischer Sprachen und Literaturen |issn=0948-2806 |first=Dieter B. |last=Kapp |publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag |date=2019 |isbn=9783447112444 |lang=DE}}<br />
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